---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi, John, At 09:28 AM 8/23/2004, you wrote: >Hi David, > >I realize that. > >However, I don't think the distortion could be considered an harmonic, >which is what the question asked. Yes, on both counts...and, that's the issue. It does not matter what the generator produces if the speaker introduces distortion which may/may not be perceived as a harmonic. Best. Horace > >John >John M. Ross >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada ><mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu>David M. Porritt >To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org >Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 1:15 PM >Subject: Re: Tuning with a fork [fork partials] > >John: > >I'm sure that the Accufork and TuneLab both produce a sine wave. Howver, >unless you have a very capable speaker there is going to be distortion >there and partials added. It takes quite a good speaker to reproduce a >440Hz sine wave with no distortion. > >dave > >__________________________________________ >David M. Porritt, RPT >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 ><mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu>dporritt@mail.smu.edu > > >----- Original message ----------------------------------------> >From: John Ross <<mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> >To: Pianotech <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org> >Received: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:02:28 -0300 >Subject: Re: Tuning with a fork [fork partials] > >Hi, >Al Sanderson told me that the Accu-Fork, gave a pure tone, with no harmonics. >Regards, >John M. Ross >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada ><mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com>BobDavis88@aol.com >To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org >Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 12:55 PM >Subject: Re: Tuning with a fork [fork partials] > >Joe Goss writes: >To check your accu fork open the battery compartment and look for a little >white plastic slot ( 1/8" at the most ). > >Hello Joe, > >Thanks for the info. I didn't make myself clear. My AccuFork is right on >pitch. What I was wondering about was if the harmonic content of a newer >unit was any different from the partial-rich output of mine. > >Thanks for the reply, >Bob Davis ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8a/13/6f/ec/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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